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DESIGNED TO FIT YOUR UNIQUE NEEDS AND LIFESTYLE

Why Bioidentical Hormonal Replacement Therapy?

As a board-certified gynecologist and BioTE Certified Practicioner, Dr. Chung offers a depth of understanding in women’s hormonal health and surgical skill that allows her to provide the most comprehensive and personalized care possible. She focuses on helping you achieve hormonal balance and to help you age better and happier!

WHY YOU MADE NEED BIOTE

Signs of Hormone Imbalance

As men and women age, hormone levels in the body go down. These include estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Symptoms that are very common to men or women, who are near or past the age of menopause, can lower their quality of life. Signs of hormone imbalance include: 

For Women

  • Hot flashes/night sweats

  • Brain fog

  • Sleep problems

  • Physical exhaustion

  • Lack of energy

  • Chronic fatigue

  • Vaginal dryness

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Irritability

  • Decreased libido/vaginal dryness

  • Decreased sexual satisfaction

  • Decrease in mental acuity

  • Incontinence, frequent UTI’s

  • Joint and muscle pain

  • Hair loss or thinning, cold intolerance, weight gain despite exercise and diet

For Men

  • Depression, anxiety, irritability

  • Physical exhaustion, lack of energy, chronic fatigue

  • Erectile dysfunction, low libido

  • Decrease in mental acuity

  • Hair loss or thinning, cold intolerance, weight gain despite exercise and diet

  • Joint and muscular symptoms, poor recovery from exercise

WHY BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES?

Introducing BioTE

To restore and optimize hormones that have the same chemical structure as the hormones you used to make and help you live a happier, healthier life! BioTE pellets are made in FDA-regulated pharmacies (503B facilities); they are pure and the variance from pellet to pellet is no more than 3-5%. The hormones we would balance are testosterone, thyroid hormones, and for women, depending on whether you are pre-menopausal or post-menopausal and have a uterus or not, you may need estrogen and progesterone.​

Customized

Easy Compliance

Plant-Based

Consistent

Your dose is personalized based on your specific labs and symptoms.

Pills, patches or injections require more effort; daily, twice weekly, or weekly dosing. Pellets are placed by a physician every 3-4 months in women and every 5-6 months in men.

BioTE hormones are derived from yams (no allergens). The hormones are chemically identical to the hormones your ovary or testes make, unlike synthetic hormones which predispose you to higher risk of stroke, heart attack, blood clots, and breast cancer.

Unlike the roller coaster effect of other hormonal delivery systems, pellet therapy gives consistent hormone levels that depend on your level of cardiovascular activity.

HOW BIOTE CAN HELP YOU

Benefits of Balanced Hormones

Protection of the brain, heart, bone, prostate and breast. Testosterone deficiency increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, osteroporotic bone fracture, diabetes mellitus, sarcopenia (muscle mass loss) and breast cancer. Other benefits of balanced hormones include: 

  • Stabilization of mood

    • Reduced depression and anxiety

  • Mental clarity 

    • Reduced brain fog; helps with memory and cognition

  • Improved sleep health

  • Increased energy, endurance and quicker recovery from exercise

  • Weight loss

    • Reduced body fat and increases in muscle mass

  • Prevention of age-related illnesses

    • Cardiovascular events, osteoporotic bone fractures, dementia/Alzheimer's

  • Heart protection

    • Lowered LDL, increased HDL

  • Increased bone mass

    • Stimulation of bone forming cells

  • Decreased amyloid deposition in the brain (which starts as early as age 30)

  • Restoration of sexual relationship

    • Decreased pain, increased libido

  • Decreased dependence on medications with side-effects

    • Anti-depressants, anti-hypertensive meds, diabetic meds

After my first round of pellet therapy, it was a game changer. Instantly, I feel like my mid-30s again. My confidence and ability to cope with life has changed dramatically. I believe I've struggled for many years with depleted hormones and thyroid issues. The pellet therapy + thyroid has given me the quality of life again.

59 year old female

Interested in getting started?

While our Charlottesville office will officially open in February 2025, I am now accepting appointments for virtual consultations in advance of that date.

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